| dbo:abstract | - Le Liddesdale est la vallée de la rivière Liddel, dans le Roxburghshire, au sud de l'Écosse. Elle s'étend des environs de jusqu'à la dans la direction sud-ouest sur une distance de 21 milles (33,796224 km). La ligne Waverley du North British Railway passe le long de la vallée, et le Catrail, ou digue des Pictes, traverse sa tête. Le Liddesdale est également un ancien district de l'Écosse, bordé à l'est par le Teviotdale, à l'ouest par l'Annandale, au nord par le Tweeddale et au sud par le comté anglais de Cumberland. Cet espace a appartenu au Sheriffdom de Roxburgh avant de faire partie du County of Roxburgh, l'un des comtés d'Écosse lors de la grande réorganisation administrative instituée par le Local Government (Scotland) Act de 1889, loi qui a établi un système uniforme de conseils de comté et de conseils de villes en Écosse et restructuré nombre de comtés écossais. À une époque, les positions stratégiques de la rivière et de ses affluents ont été occupés par les « tours des flibustiers de Peel », mais nombre d'entre elles ont disparu, les autres étant en ruines. La tour Larriston appartenait au clan Elliot, la tour Mangerton au clan Armstrong, la tour Park à Little Jock Elliot, un hors-la-loi tué par le comte de Bothwell lors d'un combat en 1566. La tour Gilnockie, qui appartenait au bandit Johnnie Armstrong, est en bon état de conservation ; elle est sur la route A7, à environ six kilomètres et demi de Langholm. Le lieu emblématique de la vallée est le château de l'Hermitage, une forteresse massive en forme de H, l'un des plus anciens châteaux d'Écosse encore debout. Il se dresse sur une colline surplombant la rivière Hermitage, un affluent de la Liddel. Il a été construit en 1244 par et pris par les Anglais sous le règne de David II. Il a été repris par Sir William Douglas, qui en a été récompensé par le roi. En 1492, Archibald Douglas, 5e comte d'Angus, l'a échangé contre le château de Bothwell, sur la Clyde avec . Il est finalement passé au duc de Buccleuch, qui l'a fait remettre en état. C'est là que Sir de est mort de faim, entre les mains de Sir William Douglas, en 1342, et que la reine Marie a visité James Hepburn, 4e comte de Bothwell, blessé après son combat contre Little Jock Elliot. À l'est du château se trouve Ninestane Rig, une colline haute de 943 pi (287,4264 m), longue de 4 milles (6,437376 km) et large de 1,6 milles (2,5749504 km). (1802-1862), l'auteur de ballades, qui a vu le jour à , a occupé pendant plusieurs années les fonctions de maître d'école de , près de la tête de la vallée. Le château des lairds de Liddesdale est situé près de la jonction entre la rivière Hermitage et la Liddel. C'est dans ses alentours que s'est développé le village de Newcastleton. (fr)
- Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water, in the County of Roxburgh, southern Scotland, extends in a south-westerly direction from the vicinity of Peel Fell to the River Esk, a distance of 21 miles (34 km). The Waverley route of the North British Railway runs down the dale, and the Catrail, or Picts' Dyke, crosses its head. Liddesdale was also a historic district of Scotland, bordering Teviotdale to the east, Annandale to the west and Tweeddale to the north, with the English county of Cumberland across the border to the south. The area was in the Sheriffdom of Roxburgh and later became part of the County of Roxburgh, one of the counties of Scotland. The main reorganisation took place during the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, this Act established a uniform system of county councils and town councils in Scotland and restructured many of Scotland's counties. (See: History of local government in the United Kingdom) Liddesdale is sometimes considered to form the northern end of the Maiden Way Roman road. At one time the points of vantage on the river and its affluents were occupied by freebooters' peel towers, but many of them have disappeared and the remainder are in decay. Larriston Tower belonged to the Elliots, Mangerton, now little more than a site, to the Armstrongs and Park to "Little Jock Elliot", the outlaw who nearly killed Bothwell in an encounter in 1566. Hollows Tower, Johnnie Armstrong's peel, is in good condition; it is on the A7, about 4 mi (6 km) south of Langholm. In March 1569 Regent Moray came from Kelso to Liddesdale to punish the border people. He spoke to the English border warden, Sir John Forster. Moray was accompanied by Lord Home, Ker of Cessford, Ker of Ferniehirst, and Scot of Buccleuch and 4000 men. After holding unsatisfactory talks with the local leaders, "the best of the surname men", Moray burned the farmsteads in Liddesdale, and did not leave one house standing. He stayed at Mangerton, then had the house blown up with gunpowder and returned to Jedburgh. Liddesdale was a bloody cockpit during the days of the Border reivers, with order supposedly kept by the Keeper of Liddesdale, an important post regarded as almost equivalent to the March Wardens. The best known was Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch, known as "the bold Buccleuch". The chief point of interest in the valley, however, is Hermitage Castle, a massive H-shaped fortress of enormous strength, one of the oldest surviving castles in Scotland. It stands on a hill overlooking Hermitage Water, a tributary of the Liddel. It was built in 1244 by Nicholas de Soulis, and was captured by the English in David II's reign. It was retaken by Sir William Douglas, who received a grant of it from the king. In 1492 Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus, exchanged it for Bothwell Castle on the Clyde with Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell. It finally passed to the Duke of Buccleuch, under whose care further ruin was arrested. It was here that Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie was starved to death by Sir William Douglas in 1342, and that James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, was visited by Mary, Queen of Scots, after the assault referred to previously. To the east of the castle is Ninestane Rig, a hill 943 ft (287 m) high, 4 mi (6 km) long and 1.6 mi (3 km) broad. Here it is said that William de Soulis, hated for oppression and cruelty, was (in 1320) boiled by his vassals in a copper cauldron, which was supported on two of the nine stones which composed the "Druidical" circle that gave the ridge its name. Only five of the stones remain. James Telfer (1802–1862), the writer of ballads, who was born in the parish of Southdean (pronounced Soudan), was for several years schoolmaster of Saughtree, near the head of the valley. The castle of the lairds of Liddesdale stood near the junction of Hermitage Water and the Liddel, and around it grew up the village of Newcastleton. (en)
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| rdfs:comment | - Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water, in the County of Roxburgh, southern Scotland, extends in a south-westerly direction from the vicinity of Peel Fell to the River Esk, a distance of 21 miles (34 km). The Waverley route of the North British Railway runs down the dale, and the Catrail, or Picts' Dyke, crosses its head. Liddesdale is sometimes considered to form the northern end of the Maiden Way Roman road. (en)
- Le Liddesdale est la vallée de la rivière Liddel, dans le Roxburghshire, au sud de l'Écosse. Elle s'étend des environs de jusqu'à la dans la direction sud-ouest sur une distance de 21 milles (33,796224 km). La ligne Waverley du North British Railway passe le long de la vallée, et le Catrail, ou digue des Pictes, traverse sa tête. À l'est du château se trouve Ninestane Rig, une colline haute de 943 pi (287,4264 m), longue de 4 milles (6,437376 km) et large de 1,6 milles (2,5749504 km). (fr)
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